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s. GERMAN.

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APPLICATION HLE D JULY l4, l9l5.

Patnted Mar. 21, 191

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S. GERMAN;

BINDER.

I APPLICATION FILED IULY14, 1.9V). I 1,176,361. Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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SOLOMON GERMAN, F J ESSUPS, MARYLAND.

BINDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON GERMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at patent is designed more particularly for use in connection with corn-husking machines, the stalks, after the removal of the ears therefrom, being formed into bundles and tied.

The invention has for its object to provide in a mechanism of the .kind stated, a means whereby the operation is controlled by the weight of'the bundled stalks, and to this end, the invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the mechanism; F ig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5

denotes the supporting frame for a cornhusking machine having a rotary cutter 6 for severing the cars from the'stalks. The

other parts of the machine need not be described and illustrated in detail, as they have no bearing on the binding device. The saw operates in a slot in a table 7 and is driven by a shaft 8 which is belted or otherwise connected to a suitable source of power. The stalks to be operated on are supported on a table 9 mounted above the table 'l'.v

Beneath the table 7 is located an inclined platform 10 which receives the stalks to be bundled and tied.

The binding mechanism comprises the following parts: At 11 is shown'the cradle which receives and holds the stalks to be" bundled and tied. The cradle fingers are fixed to a transverse rock shaft 12 carried by the outer ends of a pair of levers 13 fulcruined intermediate their ends on a rock shaft 14-, and carrying at their other ends an adjustable counterweight 15. On the shaft 14 is loosely mounted a sprocket wheel 16 which derives motion through a chain 17 from a sprocket wheel 18 on a shaft 19 carrying a bevel gear 20 having the usual pitwhich is in mesh with the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented miar 212 191g Application filed July 14,1215.

Serial No. 39,747..

man connection 21 with the crank 22 of the needle shaft. The shaft 19 is the usual knotter driving shaft. At 23 is shown what is generally termed the packer shaft, this being also the motor shaft. On this shaft is a loose bevel gear 24 in mesh with a bevel gear 25 on a shaft 26 having a bevel gear 27 bevel gear 20, whereby the shaft 19 is driven when the bevel gear 24- isclutched to the shaft 23. As already stated, the shaft 23 is the main driving and continuously rotating shaft of the mechanism, and it derives motion through a chain or other suitable gearing 28 from a countershaft 29 driven from the saw shaft 8 by a chain or other suitable gearing "30. The shaft 23 operates the packers 31 in the ordinary manner. It may be here stated detail, as it is well known. The usual trip device 32 of the'clutch is connected. to a bell-crank lever 33 connected by a rod 34 to the shaft 12. On the sprocket wheel 16 is fasta crank arm 35 connected by a pitman 36 to a crank-arm 37 onthe shaft 12.

The cradle 11 is supported by the levers 13, the weights 15 being adjusted to balance the weight of the bundle-of stalks in the cradle It will therefore be evident that the cradle drops down whenthe weight of the stalks overbalances the We ghts 15. When this occurs, the ends of the levers 13 which support the cradle tilt down, and as v the rod 31 is connected to the shaft 12, said rod is moved in a direction to swing the lever 33 and thus actuate the trip, 32. The parts 13 and 34 act similar toa toggle, the shaft 12 being the connection between the toggle arms. It will be noted that the toggle arms are out of alinement when the cradle is empty, and when the latter is loaded the shaft 12 swings downward to straighten the toggle arms or bring the same in alinement, which gives the part 34 a movement in the direction of its length to actuate the bell crank lever 33, thus clutching the gear 24 to shaft 23 and transmitting motion to the shaft 19 in the usual manner. This produces a complete rotation of the crank arm 35 through the chain 17 and sprockets 18 and binder needle which is advancing to the 16. At the beginning of this rotation the pitman 36 swings the cradle toward the knotter mechanism thus compressing the bundle after which forward movement of the cradle it is swung in the opposite direction to release the tied bundle. The connections 35, 36 and 37 rock the shaft 12 to tilt the cradle 11, and thus release the tied bundle.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the operation of the binder iscontrolled by the weight of the bundle of stalks.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown, but it will be evident that various changes in the structure may be made without a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. The combination with the driving means of a binder, the clutch of said means,

- cradle having abodily movable axis which forms its sole support, counterweighted and the clutch trip; of a rocking bundlesupporting cradle having a bodily movable axis which forms its sole support, a tilting counterweighted support for the cradle, and an operative connection between said support and the clutch trip. 7

2. The combination with the driving means of a binder, the clutch of said means, and the clutch trip of a bundle-supporting cradle having a bodily movable axis which forms its. sole support, a rocking support for the cradle, means for rocking'the support, a tilting counterweighted support. for said rocking support, and an operative connection between the second-mentioned support and the clutch trip.

3. The combination with the driving means for a binder, the clutch of said means,

and the clutch trip; of a bundle-supporting levers carrying the cradle, and an operative connection between the levers and the clutch trip.

means of a binder, the clutch of said means, and the clutch trip; of a rock-shaft, a

bundle-supporting cradle carried by the rock.

shaft, counterweighted levers supporting the rock-shaft, a shaft supporting the'levers, a driven member loose on the last mentioned shaft, a crank arm on said member, a crank arm on the rock-shaft, a pitman connection .-aotuating connection between the rock-shaft and the clutch trip.

6. The combination with the driving means of a hinder, the clutch of said means, and the clutch trip; of a rock-shaft, a bundle-supporting cradle carried by the rock-shaft, counterweight'ed levers supporting the rock-shaft, an actuating connection between the rock-shaft and the clutch trip, and means for rocking the rock-shaft.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, SOLOMON GERMAN.

Witnesses:

MARY M. MAGRAW, E. WALTON BREWINGTON.

4. The combination with the driving- 

